NOTICE TO NEDLAC OF INTENTION TO PROCEED WITH PROTEST ACTION

Annexure A:

Section 77 intention to proceed with protest action 7 October 2024

1. On the 21 August 2017 COSATU submitted to NEDLAC a Section 7(1)(b) notice on the Economic Crisis in South Africa.
2. NEDLAC convened a Section 77 Standing Committee to deal with COSATU's section 77(1)(b) notice, and the Committee confirmed compliance.
3. On 15 September 2017 the Standing Committee convened a plenary meeting with COSATU and the respondents.
4. In terms of the Notice, COSATU demanded among others that retrenchments to maximize profits must stop. However, the respondents failed to provide a response to this demand. Since then we have seen the number of retrenchments increase at alarming rates accompanied by weak economic growth as well as rising costs of living.
5. On 07 November 2017 the Standing Committee agreed that COSATU's demands could not be resolved and therefore deemed the section 77(1)(b) Notice as having been considered. This means that any protest action arising from this notice is protected. The certificate is attached to this notice.
6. This notice serves to notify Respondents of a protest action that will take place on 7 October 2024 in pursuance of the 21 August 2017 COSATU submitted to NEDLAC a Section 77(1)(b) notice on Economic Crisis in South Africa.
PROTEST ACTION
7. COSATU will be calling upon all workers to support a socio-economic protest action by engaging in various forms of protests.
8. The forms of protest actions and actions in contemplation of the strike will involve.
a. A National Day of Protest on 7 October 2024 – this will take the form of marches and pickets across the country and in all major cities and towns.
b. 2 hour pickets from 12h00 to 14h00 in the build-up to the national march and pickets as from 16 September 2024.
9. The specific activities in paragraph 8.b above will take place during working hours. The socio-economic strike will commence at 00.00 and end at 23.59 on 7 October 2024 except that shift workers will be away for the duration of one whole shift, and it will be the shift that has the majority of hours on the day in question.
10. Following the socio-economic strike on 7 October 2024, the Federation will assess the programme of action and decide on the way forward. The Federation reserves the right to extend the programme of action should it be necessary.

Read the full notice here: Section 77 (1) (d) form for 7 October 2024 (002).pdf